The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-21

them Cheyenne outside ALI seeneu W
think it was the biggest kind of fun
Talk about an I%njun's not laughin''
why, fellows, they busted their throats'
They oIapPcd thac;r hands onto their
| stomachs, an doubled up like jack
knives. Ed and me laughed too l don't
believe we could "a helped it if we'd
known they'd kill US the next minute
..But matters soon begun to get pref
ty ser'ou inside the corral; the lnjun
darsn't git off his pony. for he could
see mighty plain that jack was after
him.
He'd "a got the fellow, too. if his
nony. hadn't a-bon such a smart little
%critter; the mustang seemed to know
that his master was in danger, for he
kept fyin' right around in a short
circle, keepin' away from the fence
and keepjn' the jack on the outside o
his circle.
But the Injunwas awful sacred; ne
couldn't use his weapons if be had any,
an he just hung on an yelled to the
others for help, Expect, though, OF
course, we couldn't understand. But
it must a-ben, for pretty soon they
stopped their laughing, an all but two
that was left to guard us jumped on
their ponies. rode into the corral, an
with a big whoop made a dash for the
jack.
Il didn't have time to watch the out
come of it, for all at once l see Ed
Jump at one of the guards, an strike
out. The Cheyenne went down Xix a
stone, an before l could gather my
wits enough to move, he turned, sprung
onto tae other one, wrenched a Win
chester rifle out of his hands, an
knocked him down with it.
81 thought it was time then for me
to take a hand in the fight, an seem
the first Injun that Ed had hit tryin' to
git up again, 1 made a jump for HIM,
an snatched his gun out of his hands;
it wasn't much of a job, for he was
half stunned yet from the rap Ed had
give him.
"'Come on. JIM! / heard Ed say
then. Don't shoot. Git inside the
gate!
II was glad enough to obey orders,
1 tell We. an leavin the two C~heyennes
to come to their senses, 1 followed Ed
at a run. We got inside the Stockade
an barred the gate, then we run
into this 'dobe here an fastened the
door.
You bet they won't come for US
now, said Ed. I'm fixed for 'em, an
so are you pretty WE'LL an lookin' at
him l saw he'd not only got the last
Iniun's Winchester, but he took off his
belt of cartridges an brought that,
too. I had a Springfield carbine in my
hands, so we didn't much fear EN-.
They made an awful racket outside,
but they didn't fire a shot, an pretty
0 o things quieted down an we heard
EN- driviu' off the stock.
"After a while we unfastened the
door and got up on top of the 'dobe,
an then we could see the whole gang
driVin' our ponies across the hills to
the north.
Guess l didn't hurt those fellows
much said Ed, but look, they've
made an end of old jack and sure
enough, we could see him in the corral
chucked full of arrows. They had to
kill him l expect, or he'd a run 'em all
out The next day the boys came
down. an n of the range bosses, an
I expected we'd git the bounce; but
when he heard how twas, he jest
laughed. an sent for more ponies"
We stayed that night with the young
~ranehman, and pushed on again the
next morning, but learned. on reaching
the ranches above the day after, tina
we had narrowly escaped a brush Will
a large party of C%heyennes. They haC
passed over the trail not more thai
two hours ahead of us. on their wa
south again. evidently fearing pursui
from the troops at Fort Collins anC
Cheyenne. Such was life on the plains
only 10years ago, where now are large
AID thriving settlements, as safe from
Indian raid as the good old city o
Boston. Atlanta Constitution.
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